Shoplifting Strikes Sour Note

The marching band of Texas Southern University has earned the dubious title of being an international disgrace.

Members of the band, who played at a halftime show for a football game in Japan, were caught shoplifting $22,000 worth of electronic goods from small Tokyo shops.

The students had stopped, ostensibly to shop, on their way to the airport. The stunned store owners could not identify individuals because they were all wearing band uniforms. Japanese police, however, refused to allow the buses to depart unless the goods were returned.

In a disgraceful stream, more than 100 items were passed along and disgorged through the rear doors of the buses.

Texas Southern declines comment. Well, their band is a disgrace and international embarrassment to the American people. The guilty students should be suspended and the band director fired. What a great teacher he is.